The Taliban warned Kabul residents on Monday to avoid “military centres” in the heavily fortified city, saying they are planning more attacks in the Afghan capital where civilians have long borne the......
An accountability court in Lahore on Monday sent Ahad Cheema, former director general of Lahore Development Authority, to jail on a 15-day judicial remand.NAB officials produced Cheema, the prime......
India's Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that India will take any "comment on wanting peace" by Pakistani officials "seriously", The Times of India reported on Monday.Sitharaman, while......
Five estranged Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers on Monday sent defamation notices to party chief Imran Khan for levelling allegation that they sold their votes during the Senate elections......
As temperatures soar, at least 65 people have died in different areas of Karachi from heatstroke, Faisal Edhi of the Edhi Foundation told DawnNews TV on Monday.According to Faisal, 114 bodies were......
As the current government nears the end of its term, the country awaits the name of the person who will take on the responsibility of ensuring that the coming elections are held on time — and......
A deadly virus has killed at least three people in southern India, officials said on Monday, with medical teams dispatched to the area amid reports that up to six other people could have died from......
Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Khursheed Shah on Monday termed the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's 100-days plan a "non-starter" and said it was tantamount to pre-poll rigging.Talking to......
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 26 after a person died in the northwest city of Mbandaka, Health Minister Oly Ilunga said on Monday.“A death......
At the International Energy Forum in Delhi in April, the world’s top oil producer Saudi Aramco inked a preliminary deal to partner with a consortium of Indian players to build a $44 billion refinery......
Mobile wallets can make paying by credit or debit card seamless: tap your phone at checkout and you’re on your way. But mobile wallets are just the beginning.Payment networks and manufacturers are......
WHEN Australian mother Catherine racked up a A$1,500 credit card debt to spoil her three children at Christmas, she did not expect to be paying it off more than two decades later.But a combination of......
Asian and European markets mostly rose on Monday after the US and China said they had agreed to hold off imposing tariffs, averting a damaging trade war, at least for now.In late morning deals,......
US President Donald Trump has demanded that the Justice Department investigate whether his presidential campaign was "infiltrated" or spied on for political purposes, prompting it to announce it......
All Chinese mosques should raise the national flag to “promote a spirit of patriotism” among Muslims, the country's top Islamic regulatory body has declared, as the Communist Party seeks to tighten......
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) broke its bearish momentum on Monday with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 25 points to close at 41,649 points.The index peaked at 41,913 and hit a day's low of......
In accordance with the orders of the apex court, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has launched a formal probe against Bahria Town Karachi, Bahria Town Lahore and Bahria Town Rawalpindi,......
The headline of this article should be the last time Inzamam-ul-Haq is referenced as Imam-ul-Haq's uncle — or Imam as Inzamam's nephew.The younger Haq, from what we've seen in his young career, is a......
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday inaugurated the 100/100/100 education programme targeting 100 per cent enrolment, retention and graduation of children in schools in Islamabad and hoped......
China launched a relay satellite on Monday as part of a groundbreaking program to be the first to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon later this year.The satellite, lofted into space aboard......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday has proposed July 25-27 as possible dates for the upcoming General Election, Radio Pakistan reported.The ECP forwarded a summary in this regard to......
Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, while recording his statement in the Avenfield reference before the accountability court in Islamabad on Monday, denied ownership of the properties and told the......
LAHORE: The Milli Muslim League (MML) has accused the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) of using delaying tactics in registering the outfit as a political party.“The Election Commission is using......
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has described the 100 days plan of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf as eyewash and asked the people to judge the difference between words and deeds of PTI chief from......
KARACHI: Activists of various political parties and civil society staged a hunger strike outside the press club here on Sunday to protest against the alleged enforced disappearances of citizens in......
LONDON: Chelsea’s players saved their season but maybe not their manager.Collecting the FA Cup, after beating Manchester United 1-0 on Saturday, is looking like Antonio Conte’s final act with......
LEICESTER: Pakistan bowlers had to work hard for their wickets as their two-day tour match against Leicestershire petered out in a tame draw at the County Ground here on Sunday.Ateeq Javid top-scored......
DHAKA: Bangladesh on Sunday recalled batsman Mosaddek Hossain in their 15-man squad for the three-match Twenty20 International series against Afghanistan in India next month.Mosaddek, who has not......
RAWALPINDI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has claimed that the four terrorist attacks in Punjab last year were carried out by Jamatul Ahrar (JuA), a faction of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban......
RAWALPINDI: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Interpol wing has issued yellow notices for locating two young girls who have been missing since Oct 2016.The capital police have also sought help......
HYDERABAD: Sindh is getting 50pc less water than what it received during the corresponding period last year at Guddu barrage upstream, the first barrage on Indus after the river enters the province,......
KARACHI: The Sindh government has sought the federal government’s role to make relevant laws enabling the provincial authorities to get registered the Chinese nationals entering the province through......
The village of Dera Chahal, named after a historical gurdwara located in the middle of the village, is being encroached upon from all sides.Located in Lahore district, on the Bedian Road that once......
DHAKA: Bangladesh police have shot dead 13 drug traffickers and arrested thousands in an aggressive campaign against the surging trade in methamphetamines and other narcotics, officers said on......
ISLAMABAD: The extraordinary hike in the prices of fruits and vegetables during Ramazan has prompted a public-spirited petitioner to approach the Supreme Court to seek an immediate ban on the export......
IT comes as a surprise when the US dollar falls sharply in the open market at a time when the external sector is under pressure; and on May 5, financial markets expressed a similar sentiment when the......
FARAH: Taliban fighters closed in on another district in Afghanistan on Sunday as officials sought to reassure an increasingly angry public that security would improve.On Sunday, the insurgents were......
KARACHI: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed concern over a notice served by the Press Council of Pakistan on Dawn for what it called violating the Ethical Code of Conduct......
BEIRUT: A war monitor said buses evacuated fighters of the militant Islamic State group from an enclave south of Damascus on Sunday in a withdrawal deal, though state media denied the report and......
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear accord and re-impose sanctions on Tehran threatens to derail a project to help build Afghanistan’s economy,......
RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas was hospitalised in the West Bank on Sunday, doctors and Palestinian officials said, giving conflicting accounts of the leader’s condition.It is the......
AMID controversy over the process, implication and outcome, the third-party validation exercise for auditing provisional results of the National Census 2017 seems to have reached its natural......
QUETTA: Gastroenteritis has assumed epidemic proportion in remote areas of Awaran district, killing half a dozen people, and the Balochistan government has sought help of army doctors and other staff......
ISLAMABAD: With continental air prevailing over most parts of the country, the Meteorological Department of Pakistan on Sunday forecast that the current spell of hot and dry weather would continue......
TOMBRU: Myanmar security forces have resumed loudspeaker broadcasts near its border with Bangladesh ordering Rohingya Muslims to immediately leave a strip of no-man’s land between the two countries,......
WASHINGTON: The funeral of the 17-year-old Pakistani student Sabika Sheikh was held in the US city of Houston on Sunday and her body will be flown to Pakistan later in the evening.Sabika, a Karachi......
LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday did not appear before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore, in “illegal” construction of a road leading to his residence in Jati Umra,......
LAHORE: All government schools of the province are awaiting two instalments of the non-salary budget (NSB) funds to run their routine expenses. The Punjab government has directed all district......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Sunday called on PML-N leaders Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif at Jati Umra and discussed the matter of caretaker prime minister ahead of his final......
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided in principle to announce final results of the sixth population census without a third-party audit before it transfers power to the caretaker government next......
WASHINGTON: Pakistan will raise its concerns over the inauguration of the Kishanganga hydropower plant with the World Bank on Monday (today), arguing that the dam violates the 1960 Indus Waters......
